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70sEraVet

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Mon May 9, 2022, 10:49 AM May 2022

As states seem to be on the brink of being able to control the reproductive role of women

I wonder if the ultimate goal is not to increase the populations of those states, without having to rely on an influx of 'undesirable' immigrants.
Perhaps those states may even begin to offer incentives to women to have more babies, set a kind of competition in motion by awarding medals based on how many babies they produce!
I can't take the credit for this brilliant idea about the medals - its already been done.

On August 12, 1938, Adolf Hitler institutes the Mother’s Cross, to encourage German women to have more children, to be awarded each year on August 12, Hitler’s mother’s birthday.
The German Reich needed a robust and growing population and encouraged couples to have large families. It started such encouragement early. Once members of the distaff wing of the Hitler Youth movement, the League of German Girls, turned 18, they became eligible for a branch called Faith and Beauty, which trained these girls in the art of becoming ideal mothers. One component of that ideal was fecundity. And so each year, in honor of his beloved mother, Klara, and in memory of her birthday, a gold medal was awarded to women with seven children, a silver to women with six, and a bronze to women with five.
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As states seem to be on the brink of being able to control the reproductive role of women (Original Post) 70sEraVet May 2022 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #1
They want to punish women for having sex. SoonerPride May 2022 #2
Yes they do! If it was anything else they would make Phoenix61 May 2022 #3
Good grief, I'm glad I'm old. Srkdqltr May 2022 #4

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